Vikettes end volleyball season with loss to S. Tama

STEPHANIE MILLER, VSHS VOLLEYBALL COACH
October 25, 2011 10:40 am

     South Tama beat Vinton-Shellsburg 3-0 in the first round of the Regional Tournament Monday night.     Scores were: 16-25; 18-25; and 20-25.

Viking/Knight matchup featured leading rusher, tackler

VINTON TODAY
October 25, 2011 10:26 am

      The matchup between Vinton-Shellsburg and Union Friday night in Vinton featured the leading tackler in Class 3A, as well as its leading rusher for the past two years.

Rapid Recap: Knights overpower Vikings, 51-0

CHEYNE REITER
October 23, 2011 1:57 pm

Defensive POW: Cole Hinders, Trev Hadachek, and Dylan McLaughlin Def Scout POW: scout offense unit Special Teams POW: Kickoff Coverage team Offensive POW: Reid Monroe, Logan Sallee, Brad Gallup Offensive Scout POW: scout defense unit Rapid Recap: Knights overpower Vikings, 51-0 By Cheyne Reiter The Union Knights manhandled the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings tonight by a final of 51-0.

Baseball history echoes with Pujols homers

VINTON TODAY
October 23, 2011 8:40 am

       On my first visit to the old Busch Stadium in 2002, I was walking around before the game, observing all of the pre-game rituals: The grounds crew.

High School football playoffs: Union, CPU advance

VINTON TODAY
October 21, 2011 11:30 pm

       Center Point-Urbana joined Union among the area football teams that qualified for post-season play with a win Friday night, while a win by Benton Community was not quite enough to get the Bobcats to the playoffs.

The triumph of apathy: 'Don't Care' wins VPRD flag football championship

BRAD BARKER
October 21, 2011 10:15 am

  The Vinton Parks and Rec Department Adult Flag Football League championship game recently took place.      The winning team, "Don't Care," had a 5-1 record in the regular season and won the championship game against the "Clickstop Raiders"  with a final score of 32-0.

'Inside the Huddle' - Knights roll past Marion Indians on Senior Night, 45-14

CHEYNE REITER
October 16, 2011 11:53 pm

The Knights are starting to regain their rhythm. After a 35-15 defeat to 3A District 5 leaders in the Maquoketa Cardinals two weeks ago, the Knights pounced on the Bobcats of Western Dubuque, 42-17, and followed that win with a 45-14 drubbing of Marion this past Friday night on Senior Night.

Horst, Gerber lead WAMAC MS girls cross country event; take 2nd,3rd at State

VINTON TODAY
October 15, 2011 10:56 pm

     For most of the year, Vinton-Shellsburg eighth grade students Lily Horst and Bristi Gerber have finished first and second in middle school cross country meets.

VS varsity boys finish 5th at N. Linn meet

VINTON TODAY
October 15, 2011 10:21 pm

     Wyatt Lyons led the Vinton-Shellsburg boys to a 5th place finish in the North Linn Lynx Invite last week.          V-S results are below.

VS girls finish 12th at North Linn cross country meet‏

VINTON TODAY, PHOTOS PAT JORGENSEN
October 15, 2011 10:14 pm

The Vinton-Shellsburg varsity girls finished 12th at the North Linn cross country meet last week. VS results are below:   Vinton-Shellsburg 328 53 64 66 69 76 78 83 18:22 1:41 12.